Creating a Web Page Class
Helpful Terms to Know
Blogs & Blogging Class, Sunnyvale Public Library, Garrett Kuramoto
From The Top
Header – the area across the top of the page; can sometimes be customized with an image
Title – simple name of the blog, not necessarily the same as the address (URL) of the blog
Subtitle – typically explanatory of the content of the blog
Little Boxes
Body – main area of the blog, containing posts
Post – primary element of the blog, similar to a single entry in a journal or diary
Permalink – short for ‘permanent link’; a static URL which allows easy access to any single post’s permanent page within the blog; often found either in the title or timestamp of a post
Timestamp – date and time of a post; often containing the permalink for the post
Tags – subject keywords attached to a post; allows for categorizing and searching
Side Dishes
Sidebar – area to the side of or below the Body; blogs can have have multiple sidebars
Widgets – mini-applications that run within the blog
Archives – chronological listings of previous posts
Blogroll – list of links to other blogs the author chooses to highlight
Editing
WYSIWYG – short for ‘what you see is what you get’; standard method for writing posts similar to typical word processing and requires no technical knowledge; also called “visual” editing
HTML – short for ‘HyperText Markup Language’; more powerful but technical method for editing posts, also called “code” editing
CSS – short for ‘Cascading Style Scripts’; technical code which controls the overall layout of the blog; sometimes cannot be edited on a ‘hosted’ blog
Miscellaneous
Platform – the software behind the blog, usually defined by name (Blogger or WordPress, for example); a typical blogger will never need to work with it
Hosted – your blog runs on the blog company’s server; requires no maintenance but offers little control; almost always free but sometimes supported by advertising
Non-hosted – you install the platform software (often free) on your own server or server space (always paid); requires total maintenance but offers nearly complete control of form and content
RSS – short for ‘Really Simple Syndication’ or ‘Rich Site Summary’; breaks your blog posts down into a format (a ‘feed’) that can be read by other applications like a feed reader; RSS feeds are typically identified by an orange, square icon that resembles a radio signal
Feed reader – a typically web-based application that automatically scans blogs you define and notifies you when new content is added to those blogs, eliminating the need to manually check or even save bookmarked URLs
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